NJ Voices Guest blog: Must-see storiestag:blog.nj.com,2014:/njv_guest_blog/21682014-01-31T19:40:04ZNJ Voices: Opinions from New JerseyMovable Type Enterprise 4.29-advanceChristie's pick raises concern: Ethics Commission must be independent (Opinion)tag:blog.nj.com,2014:/njv_guest_blog/2168.121052472014-01-31T19:40:04Z2014-01-31T20:43:57ZGov. Chris Christie appointed a trusted aide to serve as executive director of the State Ethics Commission. How can she be an independent investigator?Star-Ledger Guest Columnisthttp://connect.nj.com/user/njoslguest/index.html
Gov. Chris Christie appointed a trusted aide to serve as executive director of the State Ethics Commission. How can she be an independent investigator?
Opinion: I exposed priest in sexting sting. Now church must reform. tag:blog.nj.com,2013:/njv_guest_blog//2168.116850662013-11-21T11:00:05Z2013-11-22T18:09:09ZFor sexual abuse victims, the church is no sanctuary.Star-Ledger Guest Columnisthttp://connect.nj.com/user/njoslguest/index.html
For sexual abuse victims, the church is no sanctuary.
Why legislation for marriage equality in N.J. still matters: Opiniontag:blog.nj.com,2013:/njv_guest_blog//2168.114775912013-10-22T10:10:44Z2013-10-22T11:47:35ZThe New Jersey Supreme Court's decision leaves key issues unresolved.Star-Ledger Guest Columnisthttp://connect.nj.com/user/njoslguest/index.html
The New Jersey Supreme Court's decision leaves key issues unresolved.
Don't let N.J. come in last in marriage equality: Opiniontag:blog.nj.com,2013:/njv_guest_blog//2168.114449482013-10-17T10:21:18Z2013-10-17T10:22:18ZState lawmakers can and should beat the courts and take the lead on same-sex marriageStar-Ledger Guest Columnisthttp://connect.nj.com/user/njoslguest/index.html
State lawmakers can and should beat the courts and take the lead on same-sex marriage
Was N.J. smarter than the storm if Sandy was responsible for boardwalk fire? Opiniontag:blog.nj.com,2013:/njv_guest_blog//2168.113186542013-09-27T10:05:00Z2013-09-27T11:54:25ZIt appears that the rush to rebuild and reopen the Seaside boardwalk lacked due diligence and careful execution. Star-Ledger Guest Columnisthttp://connect.nj.com/user/njoslguest/index.html
It appears that the rush to rebuild and reopen the Seaside boardwalk lacked due diligence and careful execution.
Pope Francis takes the long view for Catholic church: Opiniontag:blog.nj.com,2013:/njv_guest_blog//2168.112819622013-09-23T11:01:34Z2013-09-23T11:12:33ZPope Francis believes individual Catholics must believe the church cares about them no matter who they are.Star-Ledger Guest Columnisthttp://connect.nj.com/user/njoslguest/index.html
Pope Francis believes individual Catholics must believe the church cares about them no matter who they are.
Taking my son to college, where technology has replaced serendipity: Opiniontag:blog.nj.com,2013:/njv_guest_blog//2168.111579582013-09-01T09:44:35Z2013-09-01T09:44:47ZCompared with the tools Hayden has at his disposal, I went to college in the Stone Age. But I wonder what may be lost.Star-Ledger Guest Columnisthttp://connect.nj.com/user/njoslguest/index.html
Compared with the tools Hayden has at his disposal, I went to college in the Stone Age. But I wonder what may be lost.
Booker's biggest obstacle? Maybe the 'single stigma': Opiniontag:blog.nj.com,2013:/njv_guest_blog//2168.111515282013-08-30T11:00:26Z2013-08-30T12:47:15ZHis choice to remain single is a valid lifestyle decision that shouldn’t be a factor as to whether he would be an effective leader.Star-Ledger Guest Columnisthttp://connect.nj.com/user/njoslguest/index.html
His choice to remain single is a valid lifestyle decision that shouldn’t be a factor as to whether he would be an effective leader.
In March on Washington, a Newark rabbi's words resonated with all: Opiniontag:blog.nj.com,2013:/njv_guest_blog//2168.111374902013-08-28T10:34:41Z2013-08-28T10:36:14ZJoachim Prinz spoke as a fellow American, an American who had seen utter horror up close in Nazi Germany.Star-Ledger Guest Columnisthttp://connect.nj.com/user/njoslguest/index.html
Joachim Prinz spoke as a fellow American, an American who had seen utter horror up close in Nazi Germany.
The forgotten political feud that spawned the Jersey Devil: Opiniontag:blog.nj.com,2013:/njv_guest_blog//2168.110810552013-08-18T11:00:00Z2013-08-18T11:00:29ZA complex political animal had been transformed into a cartoonish, pedestrian and childish monster that never existed.Star-Ledger Guest Columnisthttp://connect.nj.com/user/njoslguest/index.html
A complex political animal had been transformed into a cartoonish, pedestrian and childish monster that never existed.
An almost-forgotten nuclear hero: Opiniontag:blog.nj.com,2013:/njv_guest_blog//2168.108780572013-07-09T10:06:19Z2013-07-09T10:08:10ZDespite her key role in the discovery of nuclear fission, Lise Meitner did not share in the 1945 Nobel Prize.Star-Ledger Guest Columnisthttp://connect.nj.com/user/njoslguest/index.html
Despite her key role in the discovery of nuclear fission, Lise Meitner did not share in the 1945 Nobel Prize.
In defense of Hermann serving as Rutgers AD: John Farmer Jr.tag:blog.nj.com,2013:/njv_guest_blog//2168.106693862013-06-02T15:14:00Z2013-06-02T18:39:21ZLook at her record. There is no pervasive pattern of abusive coaching — just a record of pioneering achievement.Star-Ledger Guest Columnisthttp://connect.nj.com/user/njoslguest/index.html
Look at her record. There is no pervasive pattern of abusive coaching — just a record of pioneering achievement.
A player on Hermann’s volleyball team speaks outtag:blog.nj.com,2013:/njv_guest_blog//2168.106704102013-06-02T09:40:26Z2013-06-02T12:06:27ZA lot has happened since then. We all moved on and so has she. Star-Ledger Guest Columnisthttp://connect.nj.com/user/njoslguest/index.html
A lot has happened since then. We all moved on and so has she.
How the swastika spread from suburban New Jersey: Opiniontag:blog.nj.com,2013:/njv_guest_blog//2168.104800612013-05-05T12:00:00Z2013-05-05T12:01:46ZHow did one family turn a sleepy town into a hive of espionage and Nazism?Star-Ledger Guest Columnisthttp://connect.nj.com/user/njoslguest/index.html
How did one family turn a sleepy town into a hive of espionage and Nazism?
Where's the TV coverage of the Paralympics?tag:blog.nj.com,2012:/njv_guest_blog//2168.88574382012-08-19T12:00:00Z2012-08-17T21:18:14ZIf you thought the players in the Olympics played rough, watch a game of wheelchair basketball.NJ Voices Guest Blogger/For NJ.comhttp://connect.nj.com/user/njonjvoices/index.html
If you thought the players in the Olympics played rough, watch a game of wheelchair basketball.
A former classmate remembers Kendell Spear, a young man taken too soontag:blog.nj.com,2012:/njv_guest_blog//2168.87480092012-07-29T09:45:46Z2012-07-28T00:00:46ZGrowing up in the war zone of Newark, I've ignored crime. Kendell's death changed everything.NJ Voices Guest Blogger/For NJ.comhttp://connect.nj.com/user/njonjvoices/index.html
Growing up in the war zone of Newark, I've ignored crime. Kendell's death changed everything.
Mount Laurel affordable housing decision made dreams come truetag:blog.nj.com,2012:/njv_guest_blog//2168.81466922012-04-22T10:01:52Z2012-04-22T20:36:11ZForty years after the beginning of the landmark Mount Laurel court decisions, affordable housing has been a life-changing move for some New Jerseyans.Linda Ocasio/The Star-Ledgerhttp://connect.nj.com/user/locasio/index.html
Forty years after the beginning of the landmark Mount Laurel court decisions, affordable housing has been a life-changing move for some New Jerseyans.
East Orange High School's disappeared swimming pool a hidden symbol for civil rightstag:blog.nj.com,2012:/njv_guest_blog//2168.75970212012-01-20T19:00:47Z2012-01-20T19:12:30ZCivil rights hero Robert L. Carter, who died this month, graduated from East Orange High School in 1933, where he protested the segregation of the school's swimming pool -- the consequences of which sparked an urban legend that lasted for decades.Star-Ledger Guest Columnisthttp://connect.nj.com/user/njoslguest/index.html
Civil rights hero Robert L. Carter, who died this month, graduated from East Orange High School in 1933, where he protested the segregation of the school's swimming pool -- the consequences of which sparked an urban legend that lasted for decades.
Stephen Sweeney: Time for N.J. to allow same-sex marriagetag:blog.nj.com,2012:/njv_guest_blog//2168.75866202012-01-18T12:44:09Z2012-01-18T23:43:06ZSenate President Stephen Sweeney says the first bill introduced in the N.J. legislature will be devoted to achieving marriage equality.Star-Ledger Guest Columnisthttp://connect.nj.com/user/njoslguest/index.html
Senate President Stephen Sweeney says the first bill introduced in the N.J. legislature will be devoted to achieving marriage equality.
The real national debt: What America owes its veteranstag:blog.nj.com,2011:/njv_guest_blog//2168.7268783.201111102021172011-11-11T11:05:23Z2011-11-11T01:21:17ZThis Veteran's Day, ask yourself: Are we supporting our veterans even half as well as they have supported us? Star-Ledger Guest Columnisthttp://connect.nj.com/user/njoslguest/index.html
This Veteran's Day, ask yourself: Are we supporting our veterans even half as well as they have supported us?